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31USS Wasp (CV-7) — The eighth USS Wasp (CV 7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the sole ship of her class. Built to use up the remaining tonnage allowed to the United States for aircraft carriers under the treaties of the time, she was built on a… …
32Battle of Lissa (1811) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Lissa partof=the Napoleonic Wars caption= Battle of Lissa, 13 March 1811 Engraved by Henri Merke after a painting by George Webster, 1812 date=13 March 1811 place=Adriatic Sea, close to the northern… …
33japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
34Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
35Apollo — This article is about the Greek and Roman god. For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation) and Phoebus (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Phobos (mythology). Apollo …
36African military systems to 1800 — refers to the evolution of military systems on the African continent prior to 1800, with emphasis on the role of indigenous states and peoples within the African continent. Patterns of the military art generally moved from the simple to the more… …
37Double acting ship — MT Tempera, the first double acting tanker, breaking ice astern Double acting ship (DAS) is a type of icebreaking merchant ship designed to run ahead in open water and astern (in layman s terms, backwards) in ice. Such ships can operate… …
38Battle of Crete — Part of the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II …
39Battle of Plattsburgh — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict=Battle of Plattsburgh partof=the War of 1812 date=September 6 – September 11, 1814 place=Plattsburgh, New York result=Decisive American victory [Fitz Enz, The Final Invasion ] combatant1=flagicon|UK… …
40Imperial Japanese Navy — (IJN) 大日本帝國海軍 (Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun) …
